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2014-11-02 Home Front: WoT

"Do as little as necessary to appear to be doing something without actually committing to a cause or course of action."

Garry Kasparov

Posted by OldSpook 2014-11-02 11:31|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Further...

[The] West used to understand that defending other nations, other people against dictatorship was also defending themselves & own way of life. That lesson from Cold War has been forgotten in 25 years. EU will fall divided if it doesn't wake up. US also losing its way & its will. But West does still have a common enemy: those who fight against the values of individual freedom & human life. From ISIS to Putin.

Obama & most of EU have "anti-paranoia". (Is there a word for this?!) Pretending you don't have enemies doesn't mean you don't have enemies!

The false choice between doing nothing & going to war is a distraction. Being strong enough to deter is the balancing act of leadership

This sort of true leadership is decidedly lacking in the Obama administration and the segments of society that support him, e.g. the press and progressives

Posted by OldSpook 2014-11-02 11:46|| 2014-11-02 11:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Chamberlin and his Predecessors governments set the stage for the European conflict through repeated unwillingness ro make the hard choices and confront the threat. Claimg war weariness and massive economic problems, they relied on the promises of known liars and abandoned others to conquest.
Sound familiar?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2014-11-02 12:05|| 2014-11-02 12:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember the Heinlein corollary:

never attribute to malice that which can be more easily explained by stupidity.

Further remember what St. Albert the Einstein said:

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

There you have it. We have a bunch of intellectual lightweights posing as brilliant minds. I have a bunch of carrots on the counter that could formulate a more coherent foreign policy than the current administration.

HECK, I am completely ignorant about most foreign policy matters and my dear wife accuses me of having no common sense what so ever BUT I could apply more logic and common sense to our foreign policy in five minutes than this collection of posers and pretenders were able in six years.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-11-02 12:47|| 2014-11-02 12:47|| Front Page Top

#4 It is difficult to identify an Obama doctrine--probably because there is none. Right from the beginning, Obama had no budget for several years while others were a joke. Obama and those around him won the election (as they were so eager to remind everyone), but they didn't have a clue on what to do next. Unfortunately, this lack of not knowing what to do next will has continued until today and probably will continue through his entire 8 years. Historians, if they are honest, should judge this presidency as a low in presidencies.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-11-02 18:07|| 2014-11-02 18:07|| Front Page Top

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